A SWEET FUNDRAISING COLLABORATION FOR LOCAL GROUPS AND BEE RESEARCH
CRESTON – With World Bee Day and Day of the Honey Bee fast approaching on May 20, two Kootenay businesses, Pealow’s Your Independent Grocer and Honey Bee Zen, have launched a bold fundraising collaboration to help local communities and bee research. The two companies have joined forces to create
A Spring conference, a spring in my step
Every spring I go through this phase, and every time I come out rejuvenated, reinvigorated and inspired.Yes, it’s that time when Amanda and I and a disparate group of like-minded individuals get together for the BC Honey Producers’ spring education conference.It is nominally a time for the execu
Beginning beekeeping course March 8-9, 2025
Are you interested in keeping honey bees? Have you said to yourself “I’d like to produce my own honey but don’t know how?”Well, in the Kootenays you can learn this craft from two very experienced beekeepers who are also certified instructors with the British Columbia Honey Producers Associat
BC Honey Producer wins Leadership Award
Jeff Lee, a BC beekeeper and co-owner of Honey Bee Zen Apiaries Ltd. and Swan Valley Honey located in Creston, BC was awarded the Leadership Award at the 2024 BC Food & Beverage Rise Awards. The event was held Thursday, November 28th at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, BC. Lee is a former ca
Canada Post Strike – Your Online Orders
The strike by Canada Post workers that began Friday, November 15 will not affect our online ordering system.We have already moved away from using the national mail service for most domestic deliveries. We have a suite of other courier services to rely on. These include UPS, FedEx, Canpar, and even P
What Do “Unpasteurized”, “Raw” or “Pure Honey” really Mean?
We frequently get questions from people who visit our farm store or see us at farmers’ markets who want to know about our honey.They’ll ask questions like:“Is this unpasteurized?”“Is this raw or pure honey?”“Do you heat your honey?”“Is this honey organic?”These are all legitimate